Last weekend, my friends and I went to Gombak to go to the natives or Orang Asli village. We went there certainly for an important purpose, to finish up our English assignment, the documentary. I actually didn’t know the existence of Orang Asli village at Gombak as I am not from here. My friend, Aain told us that Gombak is a popular place that consists of the native houses, she know this because her previous school was in Gombak, quite lots of information that she know about Gombak and it is really beneficial for our group.
We went there on Sunday by Poh hui’s father’s car. At 8.30 a.m Poh Hui and her father arrived at the student house, two of my group member’s najihah, aain and I have finished our breakfast and then we moved to our destiny. Poh hui’s father is a talkative person, he told us some information about the natives and gave us some tips to make our documentary to be more interesting. My friends and I just heard what he was saying about without argued anything but Poh Hui did; we actually did not knew what to say so, that’s why it was better to hear than to argue.
Gombak was quite near, not really far as what I have thought before. In spite of we did not know the exact location of the Orang Asli village, we fully followed the signboards and finally we found the hospital, it was built for the natives’ uses without any payment.
At the hospital, we saw some of the Orang Asli sitting on the bench outside the hospital. Based on their physical appearance, curly hair and dark face, we can recognize them easily.
We decided to interview some of them, as we moved towards the two females, they smiled to us. Thankfully as they did not refuse to talk with us, they even talked too much, contradict with our expectation. They told us how they lived and survived in this modernization century, pity to them as their children couldn’t go to school as a result of their poverty. The income was only enough for then to buy food for their daily life. However there was a man that I remember the most, he was really determine, he said that all of his children got education in school as the expenditure have been supported by the government. He eager to see all of his children succeeds in the future. We were totally impressed of his spirit.
After an hour of interview session at the hospital, we went to the village, only ten minutes from the hospital. We took some footage of their houses and also the environment of the place. The housing area obviously different from the typical people who lived in the town even in the villages, the place was nearby the river, thus it was easier for the villagers to get water supply and the houses were small, just enough for them to sleep, dogs were everywhere, that made us scared to explore more, so, we continued our journey to the Museum Orang Asli. There, we took some photos and then returned to the hostel with satisfaction instead of tiredness.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Japanese Story...
I had watched Japanese Story directed by sue brooks after the Chinese new year break. It is part of my course including the three novels which are boy, Tales of childhood, Desert flower and Falling leaves. I watched it in the tutorial room with my classmate and also with the other class, architecture 2. Mr. derrick was also there, sat in front of the class, prepared to cut some scenes that were certainly not suitable for us although some of us were quite disappointed of his action, hahaha……
My first impression about this movie, it is boring and totally not my cup of tea, but I realize that I could not expect more than that as it was for the study purpose instead of for entertainment. At first, by looking at the title I thought it was a story about Japanese culture or something that were related with Japan and it was. But to be more precise, it was about the two cultures, Australia and Japan which the the main characters were, Toni Colette act as Sandy Edwards and Gotaro Tsunashima as Tachibana Hiromitsu, as a result of different culture both of them are visibly repulsed by each other.
From this film I learned about Japanese as well as Australian cultures. When Tachibana met Sandy at the airport, she thought Sandy was his hired driver thus; he treated her as such, waiting her to carry his luggage and also sat at the back of the car. From the action, of course people will judge him badly. But we could not blame him as it was his culture. Same goes to Tachibana, Sandy’s attitudes certainly contradict with the woman in his custom, very rough, out-spoken and smokes a lot. This contributed to an awkward situation between them.
What the surprise was their relationship have changed after the car had being stuck in the sand at Pilbara Desert, far from help, only both of them there, they became to know each other better, finding the hidden beauty in themselves and fell in love. The suspend began when Tachibana suddenly died, I could not forget about the scene, I laugh when Sandy tried to call Tachibana after he jumped into the river as I thought he just wanted to make a joke. For me it was really ridiculous if he died just like that and then I realize that the death was not a fake, I am really shocked. So disappointed as I could not feel sad, my concentration has lose on that part. I started to think the reason of his death, why was he died actually, was it drowned?? I only knew the real reason at the end of the story. It was because he dived in the shallow water, so unbelievable and unexpected.
In my point of view, this film set up the culture-clash theme, very dull but it is good to watch as it give a lot of moral values to the viewers, what have my lecturer told to the students, judging people by just their ethnicity is shallow and likely to be wrong. The other one is recognizing when we are doing something that will cause hurt others and being able to stop. I also admire Toni Colette action, she has given a good performance, and she successfully played a role as a main character.
My first impression about this movie, it is boring and totally not my cup of tea, but I realize that I could not expect more than that as it was for the study purpose instead of for entertainment. At first, by looking at the title I thought it was a story about Japanese culture or something that were related with Japan and it was. But to be more precise, it was about the two cultures, Australia and Japan which the the main characters were, Toni Colette act as Sandy Edwards and Gotaro Tsunashima as Tachibana Hiromitsu, as a result of different culture both of them are visibly repulsed by each other.
From this film I learned about Japanese as well as Australian cultures. When Tachibana met Sandy at the airport, she thought Sandy was his hired driver thus; he treated her as such, waiting her to carry his luggage and also sat at the back of the car. From the action, of course people will judge him badly. But we could not blame him as it was his culture. Same goes to Tachibana, Sandy’s attitudes certainly contradict with the woman in his custom, very rough, out-spoken and smokes a lot. This contributed to an awkward situation between them.
What the surprise was their relationship have changed after the car had being stuck in the sand at Pilbara Desert, far from help, only both of them there, they became to know each other better, finding the hidden beauty in themselves and fell in love. The suspend began when Tachibana suddenly died, I could not forget about the scene, I laugh when Sandy tried to call Tachibana after he jumped into the river as I thought he just wanted to make a joke. For me it was really ridiculous if he died just like that and then I realize that the death was not a fake, I am really shocked. So disappointed as I could not feel sad, my concentration has lose on that part. I started to think the reason of his death, why was he died actually, was it drowned?? I only knew the real reason at the end of the story. It was because he dived in the shallow water, so unbelievable and unexpected.
In my point of view, this film set up the culture-clash theme, very dull but it is good to watch as it give a lot of moral values to the viewers, what have my lecturer told to the students, judging people by just their ethnicity is shallow and likely to be wrong. The other one is recognizing when we are doing something that will cause hurt others and being able to stop. I also admire Toni Colette action, she has given a good performance, and she successfully played a role as a main character.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Chinese New Year Holiday
After one week at home. i need to go back to Bandar Utama, a crowded city. So sad, but it was the reality that i have to face, to succeed in life and achieve my dreams and hopes as well as to make my parents proud of me i need to sacrifice a lot of things, be a persevere girl...........
During the holiday, i considered it as a short time at home, i didn't do anything. Did some of my homework and also went to the aborigines village to take some footage for my group's documentary. the village is called kg. Sungai Berua, quite near from my village. I went there with my brother by motorcycle and also my neighbour. It was better to go with my father as he knew some people there but he couldn't go, he went to fishing at Tasik Kenyir with his friends. My father likes to fishing very much.
It was the first time i went to an Aborigines village. As we reach there , all orang asli looked at us like we were guilty. We felt awkward about the environment and tried to make it as a normal. May be it was typical aborigines to look at the people who were different from them. I took some videos about their life, the condition of the village and also what were they usually did during their leisure time. What was impressed me, their house were made up from concrete, so we could say that they have already developed compared to the past time.
Although their life have changed, they have difficulty to find water supply, they still washed and bathed at the nearby river. The way their dressing, i think it was still the same , did not change a lot for some of them, the kids just played around naked and the adults wore what Malays called it, 'Kain Sarong'. I looked at them pitifully, they lived in poverty in this modernisation century.
Authorities should take the responsibility to curb this problem. They deserved to live like us, no discrimination at all.
After two or three hours , we returned home. I was not totally satisfy because i did not get an opportunity to interview them , they were shy, ran away went i tried to approach them but it was better as long as a i took some videos and pictures. I got a new experience from this.I think, that was my main purpose to went back home , the rest of the days, i just stayed at home, watching television and spent time with my family members. A boring holiday ......huhu.
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